bash on login.

[Bahman M.]

Albert Shih wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I'm using bash for standard shell, what I don't understand is when I'm
> connect by ssh on my server the bash don't parse .bashrc file. 
> 
> But if in the bash session I type �bash� this time the .bashrc is use. 
> 
> How can I make the .bashrc file is read when I connect by ssh ?
SSH runs bash as a login shell and in that mode, bash doesn't execute 
.bashrc (see man 1 bash).

One solution is to put the following in ~/.bash_profile.
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
	. ~/.bashrc
fi

Bahman